The Wisconsin Center
for Gifted Learners

Rationale

Magellan Day School, EPL provides highly intelligent children ages preschool through elementary levels with a day school. The school's programs are designed for children who are:

• curious
• inventive
• intrinsically motivated
• intellectually flexible

The program employs integrated, in-depth curriculum that involves the learner in the processes of inquiry, deliberation, and investigation. Knowledge is acquired when learners are allowed to find and use patterns and relations in math, science, language arts, and the fine arts. Other areas of investigation include, but are not limited to, social studies, the Latin language and culture, the Spanish language, and physical education.

The Day School meets Monday through Friday from September through June, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and serves children age 2 1/2 through eighth grade age. (See Calendar)

Magellan Day School, EPL follows the Holt model for classroom environment, and curriculum development incorporates the problem-based units of study created at The Center for Gifted Education, College of William and Mary. The school also follows the established standards of The Wisconsin Center for Gifted Learners, which allow intellectually able learners to work in an setting that:

• supports children's diverse and intense learning styles.
• guides learners through the web of knowledge to synthesis.
• gives children a format for testing their many hypothetical questions.
• allows children to learn the merits (and potential pitfalls) of computer technology.

Research supports the need of these learners to work with peers and with teachers who understand them. A low student/teacher ratio and flexible grouping practices allow for individualized attention to the children.

The overarching concept for the Magellan Day School, EPL 2011 – 2012 school year is Synergy.